1898 in Germany
Events in the year 1898 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
State level
Kingdoms
- King of Bavaria – Otto
- King of Prussia – Wilhelm II
- King of Saxony – Albert
- King of Württemberg – William II
Grand Duchies
- Grand Duke of Baden – Frederick I
- Grand Duke of Hesse – Ernest Louis
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Frederick Francis IV
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Frederick William
- Grand Duke of Oldenburg – Peter II
- Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – Charles Alexander
Principalities
- Schaumburg-Lippe – George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Karl Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
- Principality of Lippe – Alexander, Prince of Lippe
- Reuss Elder Line – Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz
- Reuss Younger Line – Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
- Waldeck and Pyrmont – Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Duchies
- Duke of Anhalt – Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt
- Duke of Brunswick – Prince Albert of Prussia
- Duke of Saxe-Altenburg – Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha – Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Duke of Saxe-Meiningen – Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Colonial governors
- Cameroon – Jesko von Puttkamer ' to 12 January, then Theodor Seitz ' to 13 October, then again Jesko von Puttkamer ' from 14 October
- Kiautschou – Carl Rosendahl from 7 March
- German East Africa – Eduard von Liebert
- German New Guinea – Hugo Skopnik ''
- German South-West Africa – Theodor Leutwein '
- Togoland – August Köhler ''''
Events
- 28 March – The German Reichstag builds a battleship fleet from the Fleet Act, triggering an arms race at sea with the United Kingdom.
- 10 April _ 1898 Naval Law signed into German law.
- 30 April – The German Fleet Association is founded in Berlin to arouse popular understanding and interest in the Imperial Navy. The government favors the construction of battleships in the Reichsmarineamt under Alfred von Tirpitz.
- 5 June – Helvetia Berlin, association football club established.
- 16 June – German federal election, 1898
- October 3–8 – The Stuttgart Congress of the Social Democratic Party of Germany is held in Stuttgart.
- 25 October _ WilheIm II voyages to the Levant.
- Unknown date - An industrial robot and factory automation manufacturing brand KUKA was founded in Bavaria.
Births
- 4 June – Aryeh Leo Olitzki, German-born Israeli bacteriologist
- 23 June – Karl Weinbacher, German manager and war criminal
- 6 July – Hanns Eislers, composer
- 25 August – Helmut Hasse, mathematician
- 26 November – Karl Ziegler, chemist and Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate
Deaths
- 10 March – George Müller, Prussian evangelist, founder of the Ashley Down orphanage
- 29 May – Theodor Eimer, German zoologist
- 30 July – Otto von Bismarck, German politician, Chancellor of Germany
- 20 September – Theodor Fontane, German writer
- 25 September – Hieronymous Theodor Richter, German chemist
- 29 December – Georg Goltermann, German cellist, conductor and composer